The NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund gets numerous requests for
assistance. Therefore, the Fund has a procedure for determining
whether to fund a court case. The NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund has
guidelines for submission of cases for the trustees' discretionary
review. Cases presenting compelling unsettled or new issues of law
are of special interest to the Fund. The Trustees normally meet
three times a year: in the late spring, fall, and winter. A request
for litigation funding should be submitted to the secretary not
later than 30 days prior to the meeting in which the request is to
be considered. Late submissions will be considered only upon
emergency.

Applications for financial support must be submitted by an
attorney. Requests should include, at a minimum, the following
information:

Legal or constitutional issue to be resolved and how it would
have a widespread favorable impact;

Summary of the facts;

Background of the litigants or other parties;

Summary of past and projected administrative and legal
proceedings;

Projected costs of litigation for the different stages of the
case and an explanation of the basis for such projected costs,
including hourly attorney fees and projected number of hours;

Other sources of funding and amounts received and
requested;

Probability of obtaining a favorable result and basis for
conclusion; and

Probability of obtaining an award of attorney's fees and costs
should this applicant prevail in the litigation.

Where a shooting range is seeking support, the following
additional information must be provided: (1) whether there is an
ownership interest; (2) whether the activity is challenged despite
a range protection law; (3) whether the operation of the range is
lawful; (4) whether the range was allowed to operate without a
range protection law and is now threatened with a shut down; (5)
whether the range is open to the public; and (6) number of
members.

The Fund shall not return submitted material. Therefore,
originals should not be sent. Also, privileged attorney-client
materials should not be sent.

A recipient of funding shall reimburse the Fund, to the extent
of fund involvement, if costs or attorney's fees are awarded.
Furthermore, a recipient of funding agrees to have his or her
likeness and case used for fund raising by the Fund as a condition
for receiving financial support.